Welshman decorates his house with nine thousand daffodils to mark St David's Day

John Jenkins turned his terraced house into a sea of yellow by pinning the plastic daffodils to netting on the front of his home - in honour of patron saint St David.

It took him a week to fix the nine thousand daffodils to his terraced house in Abergavenny, South Wales. Jenkins said: "It puts a smile on the face of everyone passing by.

"I'm a patriotic Welshman and I couldn't think of anything better for marking our national day than turning my house into a field of daffs.

"Everyone feel a bit brighter when they see my house bursting out in yellow. It's amazing how it lightens people's mood and gets them smiling." He said: "It's been cold and my hands were like blocks of ice - but the daffs show that spring is just around the corner.

"You know when you see a daffodil that winter is over - it must be the most cheerful flower in the world."

Jenkins is also hoping to raising hundreds of pounds for the Marie Curie Cancer charity with a pipe outside his house leading to a bucket so people can donate money.